Can you lick stamps, stock shelves, count to 1,000, and bench press ottomans and donkey piñatas? Good. Can you do all four at once? Even better. As a warehouse and store receiver, you’ll be doing everything from unloading freight to shipping merchandise and a million other jobs we can’t think of here. Of course, you can’t be afraid of a little dust and some heavy lifting. Who thought combining work and your workout could be possible?

Think these manual labor-intensive jobs are all brawn and no brains? Not true! Sure, there will be some sweating and flexing in store aisles or back behind the scenes in the warehouse. But you’ll also be doing a fair amount of math and problem solving. For example, if wooden pallets are 3 feet wide and you have a 100-foot wall to stack them against –but you need about 6 inches in between each – how many can you fit in one row? Did that just blow your mind? (The answer is about 28 …we think.) Our heads hurt…

Learn more about Receivers and warehouse jobs. Also, start your summer job search today.

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